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Full Idea
Early Romanticism can be seen as the exploration of subjective interiority and as the re-enchantment of nature (as organic). Hegel said they had the idea of a 'beautiful soul', which (he said) either paralysed action, or made them smug.
Gist of Idea
Romantics explored beautiful subjectivity, and the re-enchantment of nature
Source
Terry Pinkard (German Philosophy 1760-1860 [2002], 06)
Book Ref
Pinkard,Terry: 'German Philosophy 1760-1860' [CUP 2002], p.131
A Reaction
[compressed, inc Note 1] A major dilemma of life is the extent of our social engagement, because it makes life worthwhile, but pollutes the mind with continual conflicts.
22002 | Wolff's version of Leibniz dominated mid-18th C German thought [Pinkard] |
22021 | Romantics explored beautiful subjectivity, and the re-enchantment of nature [Pinkard] |
22036 | In Hegel's time naturalism was called 'Spinozism' [Pinkard] |
22048 | Idealism is the link between reason and freedom [Pinkard] |
22010 | The combination of Kant and the French Revolution was an excited focus for German philosophy [Pinkard] |